Los Desaparecidos

I recently did a Spanish research project about Los Desaparecidos of Argentina and found an interesting connection between this week's readings about artistic forms arising from turmoil and the expressions that arose after the militaristic era of los desaparecidos ended. Upwards of 30,000 people were "disappeared" between 1975 and 1983, most were probably tortured and killed. The turmoil of this era in Argentina sparked decades of backlash and a forceful movement to assure that nothing like this happens again. Since this week's readings revolved around art, I wanted to find one of the many poems that expresses the feelings of the Argentinians about the torture and hardships of the disappeared time. But unfortunately, I couldn't find any English translations. Instead, this is an article about a movement for a torture free society focused on ending torture around the world. It doesn't explicitly focus on Latin America, but this gathering represents one of many that have arisen about worldwide injustice, and Argentina's experience provides an unfortunate example of how far inhumanity can go.